TOKYO: A Japanese court on Monday rejected a damages suit filed by a group of children of Nagasaki atomic bombing survivors who sought eligibility for government support for medical costs, saying that hereditary radiation impact has not been proven.

A group of 28 people whose parents were exposed to radiation in the Aug. 9, 1945 atomic bombing filed in 2017 a lawsuit demanding that the government include them as part of its medical support available to the survivors. Two of the plaintiffs who were cancer patients died during the trial.

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